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Meanings of little foundling in English

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Usage of little foundling in English
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None other knew the way by which the little foundling's mother had gone forth.
St. Cuthbert's
2
Why-it'sjust a forlorn little foundling-betterdead than alive.
The Brown Study
3
Friend Halliburt, you are doing your duty to the little foundling, and I will do mine.
Won from the Waves
4
Oh, I tell you, Daddy, your little foundling is getting to be quite a prominent person!
Daddy-Long-Legs
5
So it was settled; and Mrs Clayton did indeed prove an affectionate mother to the little foundling.
Mark Seaworth
6
When these were somewhat exhausted, he artfully insinuated the propriety of bestowing care upon the little foundling.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
7
Athene, moved with compassion, carried him to Alcmene, and entreated her kind offices on behalf of the poor little foundling.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
8
Polly on her side was always silent when attending on Miss Gray, and never ventured upon the least freedom with the haughty little foundling.
Hetty Gray / Nobody's Bairn
9
And yet he deliberately disclaimed it in the moment of its conception and laid it, like a little foundling, at the door of Madame Modjeska.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
10
This little Foundling, however, was not the only bird in the house.
The Goat and Her Kid
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Their dear little foundlings all die of measles, diphtheria, or scarlet-fever.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
12
We're little foundlings with no boundaries.
Feminist dot com
13
Everyone has known of poor little foundlings in England, but our mothers are not credited with less affection than she-bears.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from ...
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"Please, sir," she cried-"Please ,sir ,wasn'tyou the gentleman that was taken queer at seeing our little Foundling?
Hide and Seek
15
"If the memory of the little foundling you rescued is dear to you, monsieur, then accept this from me, and think sometimes of your protégée."
The Nameless Castle
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